"'A Big New Power'": Linda Greenhouse has this post at the "Opinionator" blog of The New York Times.Posted at 09:40 PM by Howard Bashman"On March 4, 2013, Paul D. Clement, former Solicitor General of the United States, presented 'The Affordable Care Act Case in the Supreme Court: Looking Back, a Year After,' for Marquette Law School's Hallows Lecture." You can view the lecture online, on demand by clicking here (via "WisconsinEye").Posted at 06:11 PM by Howard Bashman"Court: Google isn't liable if your name turns up near something you don't like; 7th Circuit finds Wisconsin woman's privacy was not violated via auto-suggest." Cyrus Farivar of Ars Technica has this report.

According to Barrett's essay, "Rodney Smolla, the attorney representing [the lawyer-blogger involved in the Virginia case], told Bloomberg BNA that he and his client plan to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the Virginia ruling."Posted at 04:26 PM by Howard Bashman

"Ark. House overrides veto of 12-week abortion ban": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "The Arkansas House on Wednesday voted to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of a bill that would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward, giving the state the country's most restrictive abortion laws and setting the stage for a certain court challenge."

"SCOTUSblog on camera: Nina Totenberg interview, Part 3." Today, "SCOTUSblog" has posted at this link part three of its interview with NPR's legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg.Posted at 01:04 PM by Howard Bashman"Eric Holder: Aaron Swartz Case 'A Good Use Of Prosecutorial Discretion.'" Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post has this report.

"Supreme Court Petition Challenging Injunction Against Display of 'Gruesome Images' Where Children Can See Them": Eugene Volokh has this post at "The Volokh Conspiracy."Posted at 12:48 PM by Howard Bashman"Dissatisfied with the results of internet searches for her name, Beverly Stayart has launched a legal campaign against internet search engines." So begins a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

Update: The cloture motion failed, as 51 senators voted in favor, and 41 voted against. Sixty votes in favor are needed to invoke cloture. I will link to the official roll call vote tally when it becomes available.Posted at 10:54 AM by Howard Bashman

"Eric Holder: Drone Strike To Kill U.S. Citizen On American Soil Legal, Hypothetically." Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post has this report on a letter that the U.S. Attorney General issued on Monday.Posted at 09:01 AM by Howard Bashman"Kan. Supreme Court hears case in death of student who led secret life as Internet pornography model": The Associated Press has this report.Posted at 08:50 AM by Howard Bashman"Oklahoma AG asks U.S. Supreme Court to review abortion case": The Associated Press has this report.

"Academics see limited options for avoiding major blow to Voting Rights Act": Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.Posted at 08:34 AM by Howard Bashman"9th Circuit rejects free speech argument in drug promotion case": Terry Baynes of Reuters has a report that begins, "A drug company executive convicted of misrepresenting the results of a clinical drug trial cannot use the First Amendment to overturn his conviction, a federal appeals court ruled in a case with potentially far-reaching implications for the pharmaceutical industry."

WSJ.com's "Washington Wire" blog has a post titled "Senate Poised to Block Obama Court Nominee" that begins, "For the second time in two years, Senate Republicans are poised to block the nomination of a former New York state solicitor general to a federal appeals court."